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EDITORIAL for Monday 11 December 2017
Welcome to the current edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 11 December 2017. At this time of the year we usually go into recess over the holiday period, and appear once again in the New Year (towards the end of January 2018). 2017 was an uncomfortable year for most pharmacists as they …
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Scotland’s Pharmacist Practitioner Champions
Perhaps it is because of my Scottish heritage, but I am continually dawn to the Scottish business model for community pharmacy, funded and developed in a genuine partnership between community pharmacists and government. One of its lesser publicised components is the funding of “Practitioner Champions”. It’s not a lot of money (£300,000 funding for this year),…
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Depressive illness – can we get involved?
The challenge of mental health is something in which we are intimately involved. How many of our patients struggle with SSRI and SNRI medications, only to struggle further with their symptoms and feelings. It is well known that many drugs modify normal and abnormal behaviours by changing the amounts of particular neurotransmitters present within the…
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OMNS – Niacin Treatment of Schizophrenia Recent Research Confirms Abram Hoffer’s Original Work
(OMNS Dec 2, 2017) Schizophrenia is a devastating and complex disease that can include a variety of specific clinical conditions. Drugs to treat schizophrenia have not advanced much beyond the 1960s; in many cases they are not very effective, and they have severe side-effects. The problem is that the cause of schizophrenia is unknown, and…
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Honesty, integrity, values – not optional
A dejected father confided in his pastor with a problem: his youngster had been caught cheating on a test at school. He was crushed, feeling like he had failed as a father, concerned it would saddle the child with a reputation for dishonesty. “The worst thing that can happen to a youngster starting school,” said the father,…
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MARKETING FOCUS -1. 2017 HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING TIME 2. BREAK FROM THE HERD 3. UNQUALIFIED SATISFACTION 4. UNTHINKING ARROGANCE 5. VALUE COMES AT A COST 6. THE GREAT DIVIDE – THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1. 2017 HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING TIME Another year is about to conclude. It has been a challenging time. 2017 has seen numerous business floored, and highlighted the flaws of many others. A lack of true, integrated strategic plans, inflexibility, poor malleability and out-dated, expensive business models have contributed to contracting sales, squeezed margins and inadequate…
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Understanding Medical Cannabis – 1. adelaidenow.com.au: Cannabis decision is just dopey, advocates say 2. cbdtesters.co: Hebrew University To Study Effects Of CBD On Asthma 3. leafly.com: Two New Import Deals Hurry Medical Cannabis Into Australia
1. adelaidenow.com.au: Cannabis decision is just dopey, advocates say Nov. 29th, 2017 USERS of medicinal cannabis will not be allowed to drive with the drug in their system under new laws which have passed State Parliament in South Australia. MPs have been debating laws proposed by the State Government to strengthen drug driving penalties but were divided…
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The Safe Vaccine Debate – 1. Robert Kennedy’s World Mercury Project: New Study Indicates that Widespread Exposure to Aluminum Is Setting the Stage for Catastrophic Neurological Damage 2. The Dr Judy Wilyman Report: Newsletter #182 and Newsletter #183 3. AVN-Skeptics: Screening of VaxXed to Far North Queensland Indigenous Community
1. Robert Kennedy’s World Mercury Project: New Study Indicates that Widespread Exposure to Aluminum Is Setting the Stage for Catastrophic Neurological Damage Robert F. Kennedy Note: Dr. Christopher Exley’s study is on aluminum in the brains of 10 donors who had autism. They contained some of the highest levels of aluminum ever recorded in human brain, and…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Red tape reform to boost pharmacist vaccinations in SA 2. Helping pharmacists identify principles and pathways for pain management
1. Red tape reform to boost pharmacist vaccinations in SA December 8, 2017 New regulatory reforms introduced by the South Australian Government for pharmacist-delivered vaccinations have been welcomed by the peak national body for pharmacists, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA). In a move to improve public health outcomes, trained pharmacists in South Australia will…
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ASMI Media Releases – 1. Australia left behind on Viagra, erectile dysfunction medicines 2. ASMI supports the role of oral antihistamines in the management of hayfever 3. ASMI announces new Board members 4. Researchers seek participants to investigate impact of the removal of over-the-counter codeine
1. Australia left behind on Viagra, erectile dysfunction medicines 04 December 2017 The UK has joined New Zealand in making sildenafil – the active ingredient in erectile dysfunction (ED) medicines such as Viagra – available from pharmacists without the need for a prescription from a doctor. The move follows a recent decision by the Australian…